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We discuss materials management, specification, interior design, architecture, and things in between -- to help you design better, build more efficiently, and grow your design and build firm. Fohlio is a product specification and data management software for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Get your trial at fohlio.com.
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Join Fohlio and special guest, Blima Ehrentreu, CEO and Founder of The Designers Group, as we discuss successful strategies to ensure easy specification of your project's FF&E, OS&E, and Finishes, analyze cost breakdowns, and manage the approval process.Di Fohlio Inc.
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Join us for an insightful episode as we explore the latest trends and challenges in senior living design, from balancing aesthetics with functionality to managing costs and integrating new technologies seamlessly. Our special guest, Nicole Bergquist, Senior Design Director at Sunrise Senior Living, shares how the company has leveraged Fohlio to ove…
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Mastering the Art of Retail Design: Navigating Trends, Trials, and Triumphs with Tiffany & Co.'s Program Manager for Global Store Planning, Christina Wang
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The Fohlio team, along with Tiffany & Co.'s Christina Wang, discussed trends, trials, and triumphs in retail design, focusing on the shift from transactional to experiential brick and mortar stores, engagement-driven concepts, storytelling through designs, omnichannel upgrades, and digital integrations. Also discussed are the challenges faced in ma…
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[Crash Course] What You Need to Know About Lifecycle Data and How It Increases Your Building’s Value
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David Fouché gives us a high-level guide to the different phases involved in constructing a building. He also answers the following questions: Which bits of data are involved in each phase? What's the difference between lifecycle and phase-specific data? Why does this matter to designers? Why does it matter to project owners? How does data increase…
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[Recorded Webinar] Procurement During COVID: How to Manage Delays, Pricing Changes, and More
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Travis Reese and Heather Parker will discuss how to: 1. Forecast lead times despite constantly changing circumstances. 2. Stay on top of order tracking. 3. Keep change orders and budget changes at a minimum. 4. Improve coordination with suppliers. 5. Maintain transparency with clients. We’re honored to be joined by: Travis Reese Procurement, Manage…
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Thriving in a Red-Hot Housing Market: How Trust and Communication are Driving Profits for New Atlantic Builders
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The current housing market is one for the books: With the median price of a single-family home in the U.S. sitting at $335,000, we’re seeing record highs. Even then, homes are getting snapped up like hotcakes, as houses stay on the market for an average of only 18 days — another record. On the outside looking in, that may seem like a good thing — b…
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After a year and a half of quarantine, hotel reservations are climbing back up. Pure Wellness is helping hotels not just book rooms, but increase premium occupancy as well. How are they doing it? As it turns out, their hypoallergenic protocol (which already has a strong following in the business travel sector) is also incredibly effective at removi…
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[Recorded Webinar] Specifying Sustainable and Healthy Materials: Best Practices
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For Earth Day 2021, our panelists discuss best practices for specifying sustainable and healthy materials. In 2020, carbon in the atmosphere had reached 415 parts per million, up from 280 PPM in 1937. During the same period, the remaining wilderness has gone down to 35%, from 66%. As designers, architects, and builders who help shape the world for …
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Fireside Chat with Calvin Tsao: Mentorship Under I.M. Pei, Rebuilding an Ancient Palace in the Forbidden City, and Partying in Hong Kong
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Ancient waterproofing technologies (pig's blood mixed with lime powder, anyone?) and not taking every project that comes along: Award-winning architect Calvin Tsao talks about life and career lessons learned. Fohlio is a product specification, procurement, and data management software for the AEC industry. With Fohlio, you can manage your budgeting…
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Ashwani Jha is building "the ultimate database" for the AEC industry. His plan involves teaching a database to recognize different types of information, learn to validate them, and ultimately make it easier for any architecture firm or related trades to work together. Fohlio is a product specification, procurement, and data management software for …
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[Recorded Webinar] Managing Design Standards and Material Libraries: Best Practices
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Sorry about the audio! This is a recorded webinar. Learn how leading firms: Categorize products according to different project types. Group variable components for faster specification and more efficient value engineering. Remove product duplicates. Get buy-in from stakeholders like suppliers. And much, much more! Moderated by Esteban Reichberg, Se…
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Protect Your Bottomline: Differing Site Conditions and Change Orders (Crash Course: Contract Law with Wally Zimolong)
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Differing site conditions is what happens when you’re working on a project and you encounter conditions in the field that differ from the drawings that you were provided, what was represented to you, and what you could have reasonably anticipated. Unfortunately, no matter how well any project is thought out and arranged, it’s rarely the case that e…
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Protect Your Bottomline: Scope, Price, Time, and Payment (Crash Course: Contract Law with Wally Zimolong)
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Construction and real estate attorney Wally Zimolong has one piece of advice to anybody in the business: "An overwhelming amount of these disputes could have been avoided if the contractor, designer, or architect had reached out to me first and had me review the contract, terms, and conditions that they were agreeing to." In 18 years of practice in…
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After more than a decade of the open office, critics are convinced that it's the worst thing to ever have happened to management. Is the closed office making a comeback? Actually, according to Noam Hazan, you're asking the wrong question. "It's all about offering a variety of spaces within the workplace where people have the flexibility to work." A…
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Friction in a project is inevitable and to be expected. With so many personalities working together, there’s bound to be some disagreements. However, it becomes a problem when delays occur, pushing back your schedule and forcing you to spend more money and time than you had planned. This happens most commonly in situations where teams and individua…
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Worrying over the fees you're charging a client is often the very thing that makes them obsess over it. Enoch Sears explains how to effectively sell your services by focusing on value instead of cost. You will learn how to ask questions like, what really matters to this client? How can you present your proposal in order to reflect its value as a pr…
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